CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1031
Chapter 131, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
MEDAL OF VALOR AWARD—PRESENTATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House January 26, 2023
  Yeas 93  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 6, 2023
  Yeas 46  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1031 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 20, 2023 2:12 PM
FILED
April 21, 2023
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 1031

Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Low, Ryu, Schmidt, Christian, Reeves, and Ramos
Prefiled 12/12/22.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.
AN ACT Relating to the medal of valor award presentation; and amending RCW 1.60.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 1.60.030 and 2015 c 4 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The award will be presented by the governor of the state of Washington to the recipient or recipients ((only during a joint session of both houses of the legislature)).
(2) If the governor is unable to present the award ((due to the disability or illness of the governor)), the governor may delegate the presenting of the award to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or the chief justice of the supreme court.
Passed by the House January 26, 2023.
Passed by the Senate April 6, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 20, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 2023.
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